Is the Catholic Church the biggest charity in the world?

Thank you for your question.

The Catholic Church is the world’s largest non-governmental provider of Education, Health and Social Care.

Education: the Church has built, equipped and runs 150,000+ schools from primary to university.

Health: the Church has built, equipped and runs 5000 hospitals (70% in the Third World).

Social Care: has built (or adapted existing buildings) and runs 1000’s of specialised supported living provision for people with age, mental, physical and learning disabilities and hospices.

Additionally, the Church has built many pharmacies including mobile units for peoples in inaccessible areas around the globe.

Additionally provide millions of volunteer visits to lonely and housebound people who rarely get visits.

Additionally the Church is involved in an amalgam of other charitable works including £5000,000 to fund bright but poor individuals in Third world to go to university. Water programmes, and other aid (such as the Jesuits working in Cambodia supporting the many victims of the 5 million landmines sold by USA & EU to the former Marxist Pol Pot regime. Peasant farmers and children playing the typical victims of landmines. Offering alternative craft skill training and distributing goods made by disabled (legless) former peasant farmers, to support their families, transport for disabled children to get from remote areas to school and return

Additionally among the first aid agencies into natural disaster areas and often the last out staying sometimes for decades helping with construction and other support.

Thus, Catholic Church is heavily involved in charitable works around the world.

Peace

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